In accordance with Article 24 of the Takeover Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 79/06, as amended in Nos. 1/08 and 68/08; hereafter referred to as the »ZPre-1«), Nova KBM d.d., Ulica Vita Kraigherja 4, 2505 Maribor (hereafter referred to as the »Offeror«) informs the public of its intention to announce a takeover bid for all the shares of Zavarovalnica Maribor d.d., Cankarjeva ulica 3, 2000 Maribor (hereafter referred to as »Zavarovalnica Maribor d.d.« or the »Offeree Company«), which are not held by the Offeror.
The Offeror currently holds 5.103.505 shares of Zavarovalnica Maribor d.d., which accounts for 49,96% of all of the outstanding shares of the Offeree Company. Zavarovalnica Maribor d.d. shares are not traded on the regulated market of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange.
In accordance with Article 24 of the ZPre-1, the Offeror has notified his takeover intention to the Securities Market Agency, the Competition Protection Office of the Republic of Slovenia, and the Management Board of Zavarovalnica Maribor d.d., as well as to the employee representatives of Zavarovalnica Maribor d.d., and has announced the takeover intention without any delay.
The Offeror will announce the takeover bid for all the shares of Zavarovalnica Maribor d.d. not later than within 30 days and not earlier than within 10 days after the announcement of the takeover intention.
